S46910 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A203 Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and ASTM A203 steel are iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A203 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
| 160 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 22 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 210 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
| 330 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 520 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 290 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 3.2 to 4.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 1.6 to 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 50 to 52 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 15 to 17 |